Books About Books

Books about: other books, literacy in general, writers, bookstores, literary culture. Usually non-fiction, but can be fiction as long as books are a central plot theme.


This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)
How to Write a Love Story
The Library of Amorlin (The Age of Beasts, #1)
The Book Tour
The Bookstore Diaries
Son of Nobody
The Adjunct
Booked at Midnight (Midnights on the Square #2)
The Sisters of Book Row
All Booked Up
Shut Up and Read: A Memoir from Harriett’s Bookshop
Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Eine Seite noch: Warum Lesen uns so glücklich macht - Von der Autorin des SPIEGEL-Bestsellers "Das große Los" - Meike Winnemuth ist zurück! (German Edition)
The Astral Library
This Book Made Me Think of You
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (Dream Harbor, #2)
How to Write a Love Story
The Ghostwriter
The Three Lives of Cate Kay
The Book Witch
The Bookstore Diaries
Whisper Sweet Nothings (Rosewood River, #6)
The Busybody Book Club
Marble Hall Murders (Susan Ryeland, #3)
The Mother-Daughter Book Club
Any Trope but You
Without a Clue
The Paris Library
Read Between the Lies
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1)
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Stories For Book Lovers
8,452 books — 8,648 voters
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonThe Little Paris Bookshop by Nina GeorgeThe Giver of Stars by Jojo MoyesThe Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny ColganThe Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Traveling Libraries
118 books — 27 voters

Matilda by Roald DahlBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloEscape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris GrabensteinFangirl by Rainbow RowellThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
MG & YA Books about Libraries & Books
243 books — 61 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel FrederickThe Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina BivaldThe Reading Group by Elizabeth NobleThe Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
Book Clubs in Fiction
125 books — 40 voters

The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
The Book Thief
84, Charing Cross Road
The Library Book
The Thirteenth Tale
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
Fahrenheit 451
The Reading List
Book Lovers
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
The Bookshop on the Corner (Kirrinfief, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)

Related Genres

Related News

If you’re in the mood for a little lateral thinking, consider the popular informal genre known as “books about books.”   This particular...
Anaik Alcasas
One of the central problems of a time in which there are many competing voices on the airwaves, in the media and online, is finding a way to get in sync, on some semblance of the same wavelength as others who share the same values, questions and goals.
Anaik Alcasas, Sending Signals: Amplify the Reach, Resonance and Results of Your Ideas

Anaik Alcasas
There are things we can say in nonfiction that cannot be said outright in fiction. And there are truths that can be conveyed in fiction that the constraints of nonfiction would never allow.
Anaik Alcasas, Sending Signals: Amplify the Reach, Resonance and Results of Your Ideas

More quotes...
Dear Goodreads readers. It is a pleasure to meet you and to read your comments - well, mostly, e…more
6 members, last active 12 years ago
Books About Books & Reading This group is about recommending and discussing books about books and reading. They might be mem…more
8 members, last active 9 years ago
Ticknor Society Reads A group for Ticknor Society members and others to share interesting reads, ideas, and knowledge …more
6 members, last active 6 years ago

Tags

Tags contributing to this page include: books-about-books and books-on-books